Test 8 · ★ · Twins and big families
«Abena reading in the bath with no water is weird». What does the lesson say?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Abena reading, lesson · What happens: be, say · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 503 «Twins and big families» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: «Abena reading in the bath with no water is weird».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 weird | punct |
| 2 | Abena | Abena | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 reading | compound |
| 3 | reading | reading | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 weird | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 bath | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bath | det |
| 6 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reading | nmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 water | case |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 water | det |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bath | nmod |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 weird | cop |
| 11 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 weird | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 weird | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Abena reading in the bath with no water | weird property | tree rules |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: What does the lesson say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lesson | det |
| 4 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | the lesson | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
She should read in the busy kitchen instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 read | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 read | aux |
| 3 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 kitchen | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 kitchen | det |
| 6 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 kitchen | amod |
| 7 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 read | obl |
| 8 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 3 read | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | should | She | the busy kitchen | instead property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Reading in a bath is dangerous with no water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reading | read | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 dangerous | csubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 bath | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bath | det |
| 4 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Reading | obl |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 dangerous | cop |
| 6 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 water | case |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 water | det |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dangerous | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | gerund | a bath | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Reading | with no water; dangerous property | tree rules |
Option 3
Baths are only for washing, so it's wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baths | bath | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 washing | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 washing | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 washing | advmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 washing | case |
| 5 | washing | washing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 wrong | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 wrong | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 wrong | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 wrong | cop |
| 10 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 washing | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Baths | for washing | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | washing | wrong property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Kids in loud homes find clever quiet spots
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 find | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 homes | case |
| 3 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 homes | amod |
| 4 | homes | home | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Kids | nmod |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 spots | amod |
| 7 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 spots | amod |
| 8 | spots | spot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | Kids in loud homes | clever quiet spots | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Topic |
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